I know what similes and metaphors are'

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I know what similes and metaphors are. I can
convert similes into metaphors.
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Like fine wires His legs tremble Over the
ground. Raindrops hiss and explode Around him But
he runs zig-zagging From their cold touch. At
last one raindrop, bright balloon of water,
Burst on his back Becoming his own
flood. Frantic, he spins, Finds ground again, and
scurries Towards some crack in an enormous Ark.
Ant
Black is his colour And he comes out of
darkness To a space of light Where the grass
rattles And the wind booms In his home
underground The stones are silent Roots and seeds
make no noise.
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At last one raindrop, bright balloon of water,
Burst on his back Becoming his own
flood. Frantic, he spins, Finds ground again, and
scurries Towards some crack in an enormous Ark.
The ants legs are like fine wires. The sun is
like a golden penny. The night was as silent as a
grave.
The ants legs are fine wires.
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A simile is a phrase that compares one thing to
another. Similes contain the words like or
as. The legs of the ant tremble like fine
wires. As silent as the grave.
A metaphor is a phrase that says a thing is
something else The sun is a yellow beach
ball. Her eyes were diamonds.
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Who is she?She seems as tall as a treeI feel
as small as an antShe seems as frightening as a
lionI know I'm shaking like a leaf!She seems to
roar like a giantI sound as quiet as a mouseBut
I hope she's really as gentle as a lambBecause
sometimes I behave like a monkeyWho is
she?She's my new teacher!
BORING!
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Who is she? She seems as tall as a towering sky
scraperI feel as small as a kneeling antShe
seems as frightening as I know I'm shaking like
!She seems to roar like I sound as quiet
as But I hope she's really as gentle as Because
sometimes I behave like Who is she?She's my new
teacher!